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Nick Name	Gate City BBC
Earliest Known Date	Saturday, May 12, 1866
Last Known Game
Location	Atlanta, GA, United States
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Description	[A] The first organized baseball game played in Atlanta took place May 12, 1866, in a field on Hunter Street west of Oakland Cemetery. The Atlanta Base Ball Club lost to a newly formed challenger, the Gate City Base Ball Club, 127 to 29. [B and C] Alan Morris, on 9/10/13, adds that this game lasted four and one-half hours. Atlanta GA (1860 population 9500, 1870 population about 23,000) is about 230 miles NW of Savannah.
Sources	[A] Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727. [B] Further details of this game are given in Tim Darnell, The Crackers -- Early Days of Atlanta Baseball (2012). [C] The Atlanta Constitution Oct. 21, 1906 carried a 40th anniversary account of this game and the Gate City team, including a photo of the team members. See also Atlanta Journal, May 5, 1971; Atlanta History Bulletin, Dec. 1947, where it's claimed that the Gate City won 36 games in 1866.
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Comment	In 1867 the Gate City BBC claimed the championship of the state and issued a challenge to other state BBCs. See Savannah Daily News and Herald, May 29, 1867. They lost tot he Dixies of Athens in 1868, and lost to the Savannahs 27-23 at the state fair in Macon in 1869. See Atlanta New Era, Nov. 21, 1869. Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Alan Morris, Bruce Allardice
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses
1866	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost
1867	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost
1868	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1866-05-12	Atlanta	GA	Atlanta Base Ball Club	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	29 - 127	Atlanta, GA	Bruce Allardice, Alan Morris
Ballgame	1867-11-28	Knoxville	TN	Holston Club of Knoxville	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	18 - 21		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1868-08-05	Athens	GA	Dixie Club of Athens	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	51 - 14	Athens, GA	Bruce Allardice

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 <p>[C] The <em>Atlanta Constitution</em>&nbsp;Oct. 21, 1906 carried a 40th anniversary account of this game and the Gate City team, including a photo of the team members. See also Atlanta Journal, May 5, 1971; Atlanta History Bulletin, Dec. 1947, where it's claimed that the Gate City won 36 games in 1866.</p>
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+|Comment=<p>In 1867 the Gate City BBC claimed the championship of the state and issued a challenge to other state BBCs. See Savannah Daily News and Herald, May 29, 1867. They lost tot he Dixies of Athens in 1868, and lost to the Savannahs 27-23 at the state fair in Macon in 1869. See Atlanta New Era, Nov. 21, 1869.&nbsp;</p>
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 |Submitted by=Alan Morris, Bruce Allardice